Tag Archives: Post-Impressionism

Questions of Provenance: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Three Cuirassiers, Part 2

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

The Milwaukee Art Museum’s current feature exhibition, Milwaukee Collects, includes more than 100 objects from nearly 50 private collections in the Greater Milwaukee area. It offers an opportunity to see treasures that are typically not on public view. At the … Continue reading →

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From the Collection: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Three Cuirassiers, Part 1

Posted on August 23, 2016 by

There is so much commentary surrounding the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901) and his ‘celebrity’. Certainly, with just at the mention of his name, shimmering glimpses of Parisian nightlife in come to mind. But what would surprise most, I … Continue reading →

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From the Collection–Léon Augustin Lhermitte’s “Haymaking Time”

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

On October 14, the Milwaukee Art Museum opened the exhibition Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper. The exhibition perfectly sets the scene for looking at a painting recently acquired by the Milwaukee Art Museum, shown at left as it looks mid-conservation. Haymaking … Continue reading →

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Satellite: Experiments

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

Satellite students have been tagging, talking, and sketching in the past two weeks at the Museum. Traveling through Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and France (virtually, of course), we’ve looked at figural paintings, portraits, and still lifes, and have even done … Continue reading →

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